This manual provides guidance on creating subject heading proposals for Indigenous topics that can be submitted to the Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO) for addition to the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Czech libraries have undergone significant changes since the fall of communism in 1989. All facets of Czech librarianship
have been affected and continue to evolve as the country adopts international practices and standards. OSU catalog
librarian Richard Sapon-White's presentation covers the state
of Czech libraries, drawing on his six months...
In the late 1850s, few young Jews, recently arrived in the United States from Poland, chose to live in Florida. Fortunately, one who did, Max White, wrote down his memoirs of those years, leaving us a remarkable, very personal account of life on the Florida frontier as well as a...
Trip report and summary of conference content of Fifth Plenary Session, International Workshop on Implementing a Maghreb Digital Library for Education, Science & Culture held Jan. 25-28, 2007.
Presented at OLA, 2007, this program covers preparing for a sabbatical on a Fulbright exchange. It includes preparing to teach in a foreign country, increasing sensitivity to cultural differences, communicating with colleagues abroad, and preparing one's family for living overseas.
This presentation focuses on an Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP) project to propose subject headings for tribes with traditional territories in Oregon. Participants will learn strategies to approach cataloging Indigenous groups and the nuances in this work.
This presentation provides a brief introduction to the Library of Congress Classification, including terminology, structure and notation, cuttering, geographic cutters and tables.
Remote-access computer file serials, often referred to simply as electronic serials, possess characteristics that challenge our definition of the term “serial” and our ability to catalog them according to the established cataloging code. These challenges are reflected in the library science literature, where cataloging and indexing issues have generated thoughtful...